CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21822, 27 November 1940, Page 6

CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA

AMENDMENT to law By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, November 26. New Zealand law relating to the carriage of goods by sea is brought into line with that in Great Britain and elsewhere by the Sea Carriage of Goods Bill, which was introduced in the House to-day. The Bill relates to the carriage of goods not only between ports in New Zealand but between New Zealand and other countries. The Attorney-General, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, said the Bill was not revolutionary as New Zealand was rather ahead of the rest of the world in that respect. A major alteration was the substitution of New Zealand currency for gold value as a term for use in bills of lading. It is stated in an explanatory memorandum that the Sea Carriage of Goods Act, 1922, which is repealed by the Bill is the statute at present dealtog with the subject, and that its provisions in so far as they relate to coastwise trade are almost entirely preserved, the major change being in relation to the carriage of goods from New Zealand to other countries. The Bill, which is of a technical nature, was read a second time pro forma and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee.